*Three research projects were recently or are currently undertaken with the special support of the European Commission to cover some of the fields of the LoWER network’s Work Plan:
- Benchmarking,
- DEMPATEM and
- Epicurus*
1. Benchmarking
The detailed Work Plan of the first project (April 2000 – June 2001) can be found in:
A summary of the results can be downloaded here (PDF)
The full report has two parts which are available as a single file at the website of the European Commission. Alternatively, the parts can be downloaded separately here:
Wiemer Salverda, Stephen Bazen and Mary Gregory,
The European-American Employment Gap, Wage Inequality, Earnings Mobility and Skill: A Study for France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Final Report (PDF)
and
Wiemer Salverda, Brian Nolan, Bertrand Maître and Peter Mühlau
Benchmarking Low-Wage and High Wage Employment in Europe and the United States. A Study of New European Datasets and National Data for France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States (PDF)
The press release on the occasion of European Commissioner Anna Damantopoulou’s presentation to the press in July 2001 is found here, and other EU publicity here.
2) DEMPATEM
The second project (July 2001 – August 2003) regards:
More details are available under the heading of DEMPATEM at this website
3) Epicurus
It is the acronym of the European research project on Societal and economic effects on quality of life and well-being: preference identification and priority setting in response to changes in labour market status, co-ordinated by LoWER partner Ioannis Theodossiou at the University of Aberdeen. It is supported by the Fifth Framework Programme and involves – besides others – the AIAS as the Dutch partner and ETLA, LoWER’s partner in Finland.
At the AIAS Ada Ferrer performed the research as a post-doc researcher with the support of professor Bernard van Praag, Ada’s former thesis supervisor and a high-level expert on well-being research. Together they published Happiness Quantified at Oxford University Press. Wiemer Salverda acted as the local co-ordinator.
More information can be found at the project website.
- For more information please contact:
Dr. Wiemer Salverda
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
Plantage Muidergracht 12
1018 TV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 525 4199 Fax: +31 20 525 4301